Dharapuram Assembly Election 2016

Current Trend

Dharapuram legislative assembly election 2016 seat will witness a straight fight between DMK & AIADMK. Other parties that may influence the voters are BJP and BSP.

In the last parliamentary elections in 2014, this assembly segment had given the AIADMK candidate S. Selvakumara Chinnayan a good lead of around 211563 votes. However, the situation in 2016 assembly election is completely different from the general election of 2014.

Banking on the anti-incumbency factor of the ruling AIADMK, the DMK has made significant impact on the voters of this constituency, the AIDMK is holding on to its ground with its slew of welfare schemes.

It is difficult predict the outcome of the polls for which textile, mill industries labourers and agricultural related voters will decide the verdict.

Dharapuram Assembly Election Candidates List and Results

Name of the Candidate

Party Name

Results

KALIMUTHU. V.S

INC

Won83538

PONNUSAMY. K

AIADMK

73521

SHANMUGHAM. M

BJP

7753

THIRUVALLUVAN. NAGAI

MDMK

7029

NOTA

NOTA

2883

PALANIAMMAL. K

KMDK

1662

MADHAVAN. K

PMK

1515

PICHAIMUTHU. R

Naam Tamilar Katchi

1350

VANITHA. M

IND

849

PALANISAMY. V

IND

835

SELVARAJ. V

BSP

681

MOHANRAJ. K

IND

449

RAMASAMY. V

IDMMK

295

SELVARAJ. S

IND

285

MURALIDHARAN. V

TMMK

266

Electoral History and Background

K Ponnusamy of AIADMK party won this constituency in the assembly elections of the year 2011 getting 83856 votes. The ADK party has won this constituency successively in four assembly elections, including three continuous assembly elections of 1977, 1980 and 1984. The DMK party won this constituency in five assembly elections. PMK party has won this constituency one time in the assembly election of 2001.

This constituency is a town in the Tirupur district. Majority of the population is dependent on agriculture, though there are textile mills, rice mills and oil processing plants.